Title

Whalers Delight

Mediumwhale ivory, whale skeletal bone, wood

Dimensions[H]11 1/4" __[W]2" tooth __[D] __[Dia]4 1/8" base __[L]7 1/4"

Object number1983.38

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionPolychrome engraved both sidesby the Naval Monument Engraver. Recto: Whaling scene with whaleship hove-to and cutting-in; two whaleboats lowered, one fast to a whale spouting blood. Inscribed in a ribband below "WHALERS DELIGHT", and in a ribband above "OUR LIVES YOU TAKE FOR LUCRE SAKE." Verso: a vessel entering a harbor, passing a lighthouse flying a pennant, surmounted by a spread eagle perched on a shield with olive branches, inscribed below "BUZZARDS BAY" and in a ribband above "HOME SWEET SWEET HOME" . Indigenous stand: three pieces of sperm whale ivory turned as a baluster stem, on a circular (disc) base turned from skeletal bone; fastened with wood dowels, at least one of which is threaded and slotted. See 1959.8.13 and .14 (pair of teeth by the Naval Monument Engraver).

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